Dictionary

eccentricity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• ĭk-sĕn′trĭk′ĭ-tē
• (US) audio
• /ˌɛk.sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/ (US)
• ĕk-sĕn′trĭk′ĭ-tē
• [ˌɛk.sənˈtɹɪs.ə.ɾi] (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin eccentricitās. By surface analysis, eccentric + -ity.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being eccentric or odd; any eccentric behaviour.
   • Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
2. (countable, uncountable) The ratio, constant for any particular conic section, of the distance of a point from the focus to its distance from the directrix.
   • For an ellipse, the eccentricity is the ratio of the distance from the center to a focus divided by the length of the semi-major axis.
3. (countable, uncountable) The eccentricity of the conic section (usually an ellipse) defined by the orbit of a given object around a reference object (such as that of a planet around the sun).
4. (countable, uncountable) The farthest distance from a vertex to any other vertex.

Forms

Translations (58)

fi epäkeskisyys (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · mr विक्षिप्तपणा (the quality of being eccentric) · fr excentricité (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · es excentricidad (the quality of being eccentric) · fi eksentrismi (eccentric behaviour) · tr eksantriklik (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · pl ekscentryczność (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · ca excentricitat (the quality of being eccentric) · nb eksentrisitet (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · sv excentricitet (eccentric behaviour) · pl mimośród (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · fi eksentrisyys (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · tr acayiplik (eccentric behaviour) · da excentricitet (the quality of being eccentric) · pt excentricidade (the quality of being eccentric) · nl excentriciteit (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · nn eksentrisitet (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · de exzentrisches Verhalten (eccentric behaviour) · pl ekscentryczność (the quality of being eccentric) · pt excentricidade (eccentric behaviour) · cs výstřednost (the quality of being eccentric) · it eccentricità (eccentric behaviour) · nn eksentrisitet (the quality of being eccentric) · tr eksantrisite (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · nb eksentrisitet (the quality of being eccentric) · sv excentricitet (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · es excentricidad (eccentric behaviour) · sv excentricitet (the quality of being eccentric) · es excentricidad (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · fr excentricité (eccentric behaviour) · ca excentricitat (eccentric behaviour) · fi eksentrisyys (the quality of being eccentric) · it eccentricità (the quality of being eccentric) · gl excentricidade (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · el εκκεντρικότητα (the quality of being eccentric) · tr ayrıksılık (eccentric behaviour) · ru эксцентри́чность (the quality of being eccentric) · fr excentricité (the quality of being eccentric) · bg ексцентричност (the quality of being eccentric) · pt excentricidade (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · is sérviska (the quality of being eccentric) · hu excentricitás (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · bg ексцентричност (eccentric behaviour) · it eccentricità (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · unm kànkàmawsëwakàn (the quality of being eccentric) · mr विक्षिप्तपणा (eccentric behaviour) · ru эксцентрисите́т (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · ga éalárnacht (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · de Exzentrizität (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · ro excentricitate (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · el εκκεντρικότητα (eccentric behaviour) · ro excentricitate (the quality of being eccentric) · pl ekscentryczność (eccentric behaviour) · hi विलक्षणता (the quality of being eccentric) · cmn 離心率 /离心率 (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · ca excentricitat (a ratio between distances in a conic section) · pl ekscentryzm (eccentric behaviour) · ro excentricitate (eccentric behaviour)